Potato Salad with Beetroot

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Café Cooking: From The Parlour to Cambo Gardens

By Gillian Veal

Published 2024

  • About

At Cambo we use fennel fronds in this salad as we grow so much fennel. They make a wonderful addition if you have some handy; otherwise dill has that lovely aniseed-y flavour that complements the beetroot so well, so just use that instead.

Ingredients

  • 500 g baby potatoes or any waxy potato
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • ½

Method

Cut the potatoes in half and put in a large pot. Fill the pot three-quarters full with water and add the turmeric and plenty of salt, then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, then drain in a colander and set aside to cool.

In a large salad bowl, add the red onion, spring onion, chopped beetroot, spinach, mint, parsley, fennel fronds or di